Intactivism: Week in Review January 22, 2011

by Tally on January 22, 2011

Parents, protect your babies. Support intactivism. The following list includes blogs, articles, and websites of interest to Intactivists that were published in the past week. This is a running tally of the ones I found interesting.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Childbirth and…The Benefits of Keeping the Penis Intact
More parents are leaving their sons intact by avoiding circumcision of their sons. The article describes the increased health benefits in addition to the unequivocal pleasures of foreskin later in life.

My Christian Family's Blog:The Doctors: Daytime Talk Show Disaster
Commentary about The Doctors, a daytime television show. The Doctors flippantly discussed circumcision and the proposed circumcision ban sought in San Francisco, California.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Marriage, Mutts, Mead and the Adventure of Life:Circumcision: It Hurts Women Too
A woman writes about how male circumcision affects women. Vaginal dryness is one side effect of sex with a circumcised man.

Just another day in my life:Cosmetic Procedures and Kids
A woman describes a recent YouTube video showing a mother waxing an infant to remove hair. She points out all the reasons that doing so would be a good idea. Tehn she makes a point that those same reasons are used to support male infant circumcision. She makes the point that those who are abhorred by waxing a baby are not offended by circumcision.

Sam's Stories:ZOMG Brain HURT
A mother with more than a decade of experience with intact penises responds to the reasons commonly given for male infant circumcision. She discusses topics like the locker room (circumcised boys will be in the minority) and looking like dad (a child's penis will not look like dad's unless dad has a problem).

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Clarissa's Blog:An Initiative to End Male Genital Mutilation
The MGMbill.org is seeking to ban non-therapeutic circumcisions of minors. Clarissa thinks this is a great initiative that is long overdue. I agree. As a society we need to protect our children and not subject them to unnecessary genital cutting. We protect girls from genital cutting in the United States. We now need to protect boys.

Cultural Pedophilia in the United States:Video of genital mutilation
A blogger posts a video of an infant circumcision. The baby boy is obviously in pain and distress during the infant circumcision.

The Daily Guggie Daly:Confessions of a Circumcised Son
A father describes his circumcision experience. He suffered from a botched circumcision that was performed when he was an infant. He harbors no ill will toward his parents.

Dr Momma Peaceful Parenting:My OB Said What?!? "...chewing gum for gays."
A report on an actual conversation with an OB/GYN during a male infant circumcision as reported by the website My OB Said What?!? Not only was the doctor ridiculing the foreskin, but the doctor was making derogatory statements against homosexuals.

Mother Nature Network:Watch: Ferguson on circumcision
A quick report on the Ferguson interview of Dr. Masterson in which she admits that washing is as effective as circumcision when it comes to STDs such as HIV.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium:The Joy of Uncircumcising
While it was once a taboo subject, foreskin restoration is now considered a legitimate concern for the circumcision debate, within the medical ethics field, and for a healthy personal sexual attitude. The book, The Joy Of Uncircumcising!, Exploring Circumcision: History, Myths, Restoration, Sexual Pleasure and Human Rights, by Jim Bigelow provides a thorough treatment on the subject. Although getting dated, the book still provides valuable information and insights.

For those that wish to buy either the e-book or the printed version, they are available from NORM, and the profits go to a good group.

The WHOLE Network:Medicaid Letter
A sample letter for people to complete and send to their state Medicaid representative. I sent one to my representative. If enough people do this, perhaps we can stop Medicaid funding, which will reduce the number of baby boys who are circumcised.

Who is this guy?

Restoring Tally is just an ordinary guy who had to confront his prostate and circumcision problems. This site chronicles his journey in dealing with these issues. He has had prostate surgery and he is restoring his foreskin.